Seriously, I can not imagine anybody besides Microsoft fanboys buying these earbuds...there isn't one redeeming quality about them...
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Microsoft's Surface Earbuds vs. AirPods
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Fair enough....and to be fair, I can understand the design based on wanting to improve upon the idea of gesture commands.
Seems like a rather poor value proposition. Based on the low audio quality being described and lack of noise cancellation, these are more competing with AirPods than AirPods Pro, but the very significant increase in price gets you very good battery life and presumably better gesture support in exchange for MUCH larger and more visible things in your ears.
Seems like a product designed more as a headset for someone in the office at their Windows computer all day than anything, but being that big it seems like they're going to get pretty uncomfortable if you wore them that long.
Seems like a product designed more as a headset for someone in the office at their Windows computer all day than anything, but being that big it seems like they're going to get pretty uncomfortable if you wore them that long.
If it didn't take away from the touch controls... how about starting a business where people can take a picture of their ear, you print on small stickers and voila! They disappear.
I will request a royalty of $0.25 per each set of stickers sold
These legit look like the earrings my grandmother used to wear on Sundays.
uh-uh ... these look more like earlob plugs!!
I never thought an earphone could be designed worse than I thought of the original AirPods.
No the design of these Surface Buds will not grow on me.
Why bother comparing these to AirPods? Nobody is going to buy them for use with an iPhone. I doubt anyone will buy AirPods for a phone that isn’t an iPhone. Nobody is cross shopping these wireless earbuds.
Every surface pro tablet(which apples has been copying for the iPad) Begs to differ.
What seems to be no one is asking Versus those who want to argue about design, [and what I believe matters most], does Microsoft really have a play in the ‘wearable sector’ with these earbuds? I don’t think they do. I think they’re slightly late, and there’s a vast amount of competition for earbuds that are either affordable or higher priced in terms of where the AirPods/Sennheiser/Galaxy buds Plus already kind of have their place in this market.
But then again, if you’re an iPhone user, clearly the choice probably will be either beats/AirPods or if your Samsung user, you might be looking at the Galaxy buds Plus. And let’s not forget, carriers will try to bundle certain Bluetooth earbuds with a phone purchase, which obviously will make that decision for the consumer.
But then again, if you’re an iPhone user, clearly the choice probably will be either beats/AirPods or if your Samsung user, you might be looking at the Galaxy buds Plus. And let’s not forget, carriers will try to bundle certain Bluetooth earbuds with a phone purchase, which obviously will make that decision for the consumer.
LOL
I immediately thought of Herman Munster when I saw those ugly things!
Microsoft hardware of any sort is a HARD PASS for me. Sure hope they have a lower failure rate than the Surface which was #1 worst in the industry and topped 25% FAIL within the 1st year a few years back.
I measured my earphones at 36mm x4mm
and a pic online has the wireless ones at 47x7.7 which is a big difference.
plus they look different with wires coming out
Also I see people wearing them, looks like they are usually pointing forward across the cheeks whereas the wired ones point down
You might say these are bad comparisons but shorts vs trousers, singlet vs t-shirt,
Appreciate the balanced reporting.
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Not sure which Surface device you're discussing, but the failure rate is similar to the rest of the industry. We use them at work and they work just fine.
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Not sure which Surface device you're discussing, but the failure rate is similar to the rest of the industry. We use them at work and they work just fine.
I used thed these for a few days and I'm returning them. I got them because my Airpods don't give a reliable connection to my surface book. These don't either. The connection is intermittent and sometimes there is a background noise. Support said this was a common problem. I'm kind of amazed that MS released these. I also don't like the look and they are noticeably uncomfortable. I'm really disappointed in them.
I thought the whole reason that these have larger touch gesture surfaces is because they will feature smart controls such as auto live sub titles in different languages when presenting etc
Seems we may still be waiting for this integration, so the wow is yet to come but these are destined not to be just dumb headsets for media consumption
Seems we may still be waiting for this integration, so the wow is yet to come but these are destined not to be just dumb headsets for media consumption
